UI front-end React Developer

UI front-end React Developer

Location: Charlotte, NC (Hybrid, min 3 days work from office every week)

We are seeking a highly skilled Front-End Lead to own the design, development, and delivery of a modern, responsive infrastructure console featuring persona-based user experiences. This senior role involves defining front-end architecture, establishing standards for component design, performance, accessibility, and telemetry. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with UX, product, backend/BFF, and platform engineering teams to ensure a consistent, high-quality, scalable UI experience across multiple personas and workflows.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the architecture and development of a scalable, reusable component library and design system, including theming, tokens, and shared components.
• Design and implement persona-based UX patterns such as role-based navigation, progressive disclosure, and workflow-driven UI.
• Build and optimize responsive web applications using modern JavaScript/TypeScript best practices.
• Establish standards for UI performance optimization, accessibility compliance (WCAG), and best practices for operability.
• Drive front-end testing strategy, including unit/component tests, functional end-to-end tests, and CI/CD quality gates.
• Instrument UI telemetry to gather user journey insights, error monitoring, and client-side performance metrics.
• Collaborate with backend/BFF teams on API contracts and UI workflow enhancements.
• Guide, mentor, and review engineering teams to uphold front-end standards and improve team practices.
• Ensure secure UX patterns for privileged operations, including confirmations, approvals, and audit-friendly flows.

Requirements:

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with significant depth in front-end development.
• 5+ years of experience building responsive web applications using modern JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Expertise with at least one enterprise-grade UI framework (React strongly preferred; Angular/Vue acceptable).
• Proven experience designing, scaling, and maintaining a component library or design system.
• Strong understanding of persona-based UX patterns, role-based navigation, and workflow-driven UI.
• Solid experience with front-end performance optimization techniques and Core Web Vital concepts.
• Hands-on experience with front-end testing frameworks, automating quality gates, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Proficiency in Git, code review processes, and collaborative development workflows.
• Experience instrumenting UI telemetry for analytics, error monitoring, and performance insights.
• Familiarity with BFF patterns, API contract collaboration, and optimizing UI workflows.
• Knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG) and enterprise usability best practices.
• Experience with micro-frontend or modular UI architectures is a plus.
• Ability to guide and mentor engineering teams and communicate technical standards effectively